Exploring Our Forests/Trouble in the Amazon

What is the central idea of "Exploring Our Forests?"

• Forests are for exploring.

• Many things you carry every day come from forests.

• Logs go through many steps to be made into paper.

• Pencils are made from the wood of a cedar tree.

What is the structure of the sentence below from paragraph 3?

"After the bark is taken off, then the wood is cut into little pieces."

• Comparison

• Cause and Effect

• Chronology

• Problem and Solution

How do the photographs after paragraph 4 help the reader to understand the text?

• The photographs show how backpacks are made.

• The photographs show loggers cutting down trees.

• The photographs show the process of making school supplies.

• The photographs show the time that it takes to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen.

How does the author develop the purpose of explaining that many things we carry come from forests?

• by encouraging the reader to look inside their backpack.

• by giving information to tell why the things we carry come from forests.

• by giving facts and information about the process of making items from the forest.

• by including events full of action to entertain the reader.

PART A: What is the central idea of the text "Trouble in the Amazon"?

• Jaguars live in the Amazon.

• Loggers are cutting down the trees in the Amazon.

• The Amazon is important, but it is being destroyed.

• People get medicine from the Amazon.

Part B: Select a detail from the passage that supports your answer in Part A

• Brightly colored birds live in the Amazon.

• Trees grow up to 200 feet.

• Two million people live in the Amazon.

• Stopping people from destroying the rain forest is not an easy task.

What information can be found in the section of the text called, “Did You Know?”

• interesting information about rain forest trees.

• the cause of rain forests being destroyed.

• types of animals that live in the rain forest.

• to prevent rain forests from being destroyed

Select the detail from the text that supports the author's claim that "rain forests are helpful to the earth."

• Elephants are living in the Amazon.

• The Amazon is very dry.

• People need a lot of carbon dioxide.

• The Amazon recycles the Earth's air.

Choose the correct answer choice to show if the detail below belongs to "Exploring Our Forests", "Trouble in the Amazon" or BOTH the text.

describes the problems resulting from cutting down trees.

• Exploring Our Forests

• Trouble in the Amazon

• Both

Choose the correct answer choice to show if the detail below belongs to "Exploring Our Forests", "Trouble in the Amazon" or BOTH the text.

describes the work that loggers do in the forest.

• Exploring Our Forests

• Trouble in the Amazon

• Both